Showing posts with label hamburger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hamburger. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Could Someone Please Lend Me $175 For A Hamburger?

The Wall Street Burger Shoope, located in New York City, has increased its price for its asd burger to $175. In fact, the increase was intentionally done so that it has the costliest burger in the city. In case you were wondering, the burger comes with quite an assortment of toppings. First, the burger starts with a Kobe beef patty and is topped with lots of black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, and wild mushrooms. The burger is served on a brioche bun that has flecks of gold leaf. Now, not all of its burgers are $175. In fact, if you want the burger without the truffles, its price drops to $32. But even if that is to expensive, its everyday burger only costs $4.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Restaurant Review: Foster’s Grille

So every so often, my wife and I go out to eat at several local dining establishments. Tonight, after participating in the Post Hunt, we decided to grab dinner at Foster’s Grille. Foster’s Grille is a restaurant chain, which specializes in burgers, that has restaurants in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia. Sadly, the quality of the food and the service is dependent on who is working that day. As I mentioned in my post discussing Fogo De Chão and Texas de Brazil, I like to have my meat cooked medium well, so I ordered my hamburger medium well. Tonight, my wife also ordered hers medium well. When we both bit into our burgers, then were not cooked satisfactory. Mine was more medium and my wife’s was more medium-rare. When I asked for a new hamburger they were not pleased, however they obliged me. (Yes, I did watch the cooks to make sure they didn’t spit in the new hamburger.) The manager eventually came over and apologized and asked if the new burger was okay. She also told me that in the future, I should ask for her to make sure that my hamburger is cooked correctly.

Now, if this was my first experience with the cooking and service that I experienced, I would not be posting this “warning.” However, this has sadly become a frequent occurrence of late that is slowly lowering my expectations for a restaurant that once was my go to place for a decent burger. I realized that $7.99 for a burger, fries and a drink is a good price, but if the burger is not cooked right and the fries are not seasoned, how good of a price is it? Just wanted to warn, I mean, let you know. Beware of the food quality, this place may be going down. I truly hope that they can turn it around. Has anyone else noticed the decrease in quality?